Terms of Service

1.

Acceptance

These Terms of Service govern your use of Helmsway, the AI co-founder that builds, launches, and operates your app for a single monthly fee. By creating an account, subscribing to the $49/month plan, or otherwise using the service, you agree to these terms.

If you are accepting these terms on behalf of a company or organization, you represent that you have authority to bind that organization, and references to “you” refer to that organization. If you do not agree, do not use the service.

2.

Use of the Service

Helmsway provides a managed runtime that builds, deploys, and operates the application described in your subscription. You retain ownership of the codebase, the customer accounts it serves, and the brand associated with the application.

You agree to use the service only for lawful purposes and in a way that does not infringe the rights of others or restrict their use of the service. You are responsible for the accuracy of the information you provide, for keeping your account credentials confidential, and for activity that occurs under your account.

You may not use the service to build applications that violate applicable law, that target minors in ways prohibited by regulation, or that are designed primarily to facilitate fraud, harassment, or the unauthorized collection of personal data.

3.

Billing & Subscriptions

Helmsway is offered as a single $49/month subscription. The fee is billed in advance for each monthly period through our payment processor. The fee is the same regardless of usage volume — there are no per-seat, per-event, or overage charges.

Subscriptions renew automatically each month unless you cancel before the renewal date. You can cancel at any time from your dashboard; cancellation takes effect at the end of the current billing period, and you retain access to the service through that period.

Because the fee covers a managed operating cadence rather than a discrete deliverable, fees are non-refundable once a billing period has started. If we make a material change to pricing, we will give you at least thirty days’ notice before the change applies to your subscription.

4.

Termination

Either you or Helmsway may end the subscription at any time. If you cancel, the service continues through the end of the current billing period; if Helmsway ends the subscription, we will refund the unused portion of the current period.

On termination for any reason, we will hand back your codebase, your customer accounts, and your data in a portable, documented form within thirty days. After that handover window, we may delete data associated with your account, except where retention is required by law.

We may suspend or terminate access immediately if we reasonably believe the service is being used in violation of these terms, if continued operation would create a security or legal risk, or if payment for the current billing period fails and is not cured within a reasonable grace period.

5.

Limitation of Liability

To the maximum extent permitted by law, Helmsway’s total liability for any claim arising out of or related to the service is limited to the fees you paid us in the twelve months immediately before the claim arose.

Neither party is liable for indirect, incidental, special, consequential, or punitive damages, including lost profits or lost data, even if the other party has been advised of the possibility of those damages. Some jurisdictions do not allow these limitations, so they apply to you only to the extent permitted by applicable law.

Nothing in these terms limits liability that cannot lawfully be excluded — for example, liability for fraud, for death or personal injury caused by negligence, or for breach of statutory duties that cannot be contracted out of.

6.

Governing Law

These terms are governed by the laws of the State of Delaware, without regard to its conflict-of-laws rules. Each party submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of the state and federal courts located in Delaware for any dispute arising out of or related to these terms or the service.

If any provision of these terms is held unenforceable, the remaining provisions remain in full force and effect. Our failure to enforce a provision in one instance does not waive our right to enforce it in another.

We may update these terms from time to time. When we make a material change, we will notify you by email and, where appropriate, through the service. Continued use of the service after the effective date of an update constitutes acceptance of the updated terms.